Louise Bourgeois

Name: Louise Bourgeois
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9783775751490
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This book offers a comprehensive exploration of Louise Bourgeois's fabric works from her last two decades, highlighting her fascination with the needle as a symbol of repair and forgiveness. It showcases her incorporation of clothing and textiles, including bedlinen and tapestry, to explore themes of identity, sexuality, trauma, memory, guilt, and reparation. The collection is richly illustrated with works from her Cell installations, figurative sculptures, and abstract drawings, accompanying exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery, London, and the Gropius Bau, Berlin.
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Ideal for enthusiasts of contemporary art, textile art, and those interested in the emotive power of material culture and psychological themes in artistic practice.

Description

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the fabric works from the last two decades in the career of legendary artist Louise Bourgeois.

"I've always had a fascination with the needle," she said, "the magic power of the needle. The needle is used to repair damage. It's a claim to forgiveness."

This body of work began when the artist started incorporating clothes from all stages of her life into her art, and later expanded to include a range of other textiles such as bedlinen, handkerchiefs, tapestry, and needlepoint.

The fabric works explore the themes of identity and sexuality, trauma and memory, guilt and reparation, and serve as metaphors for emotional and psychological states.

The catalogue—accompanying the exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London and the Gropius Bau, Berlin—features works from numerous series, including the monumental Cell installations, figurative sculptures, and abstract drawings.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783775751490

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 March 2022

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hatje Cantz

Illustration: 179 Illustrations

Contributors:

Text by Lynne Cooke
Edited by Ralph Rugoff
Designed by Joseph Logan
Text by Julienne Lorz
Text by Rachel Cusk

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 1120g

Pages: 208

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010) is one of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, best known for her formally inventive and psychologically powerful sculptures.